HUMANITY’S DISILLUSIONMENT

Within the parameters of our 3D world of separation consciousness as we know it,
the illusion is that humanity is gradually evolving from an unenlightened state
to an enlightened state, whereas the reality is that humanity is gradually
devolving from a state of freedom to a state of subjugation.

As humanity gradually becomes enslaved by the psychopathic global elite, we
become progressively disillusioned as our dream of progressive enlightenment
gradually becomes transformed into a nightmare of progressive subjugation, which
has the effect of gradually transforming our 3D world into something resembling
an insane asylum.

From this, it follows that our task is not to heal the world, but rather to heal
ourselves by transcending our human condition of separation consciousness.

ADDENDUM #1: January 27 2006

You Say This is Your Country

Monica Benderman

To those ex-patriots of America who profess solidarity with the actions of
Americans who are speaking out against the corruption and abuse of our
Constitution and the rights it affords the American people:

To those who speak behind the veil of aliases from computers in coffee shops
so their addresses cannot be traced:

To those who sit in easy chairs and try to pretend that nothing is wrong with
corruption of the moral values of the country they live in, forgetting their
responsibility to their own personal values in the process:

How can we trust you when you say you have our backs? You say we are your
courage – no we are not. We are ours. You will have to find yours and stand with
us if you want this country back.

How can we trust you when you write from other countries speaking of this
country as if it were still your home? If it is your home, then why are you not
here defending it?

How can we trust teachers and professors who say they are activists for this
country, and yet tell us that they now write from abroad and encourage others to
dissent through their writing? Who is going to believe that? You say you love
your country? Where is your country? Is it America? Then why are you not here
defending it?

You say you are teaching in other countries, working with students who care
about global peace efforts. But you left us. Who is here teaching our students?
What does your running do to demonstrate the power we have to change the
corruption your country now faces? What does your moving away do when you are
leaving bright-minded students in America who could learn from you to be the
change we need? Or is it your country? You are not here.

How can we trust those who write copious amounts of activist rhetoric from
computers with addresses that trace to nowhere? You say you stand by our sides
in solidarity. How can we know that? With aliases and unknown addresses you are
not seen. We have learned not to trust what will not come into the light.

For those in easy chairs believing that soldiers are fighting for your
freedom, wake up and turn the movie off. Soldiers are dying because you refuse
to do anything for yourself. Soldiers are dying because of your apathy and
selfish conviction that as an American, your taxes buy your freedom on the blood
of men you will never know.

For those who write of their inactions in another war, who regret running
from service and not then having the courage to stand openly against the actions
that made you run, don’t regret what you didn’t do. Do it now. Be strong enough
to have the courage now.

One person will not save this country. Thousands of protest marches will not
save this country, and yearlong discussions of what went wrong will not save
this country. Writing of what you see from across the border will not save this
country. Turning another reality show on and grabbing more potato chips,
believing that our soldiers are saving this country, will most definitely not
save this country.

Individuals will save this country. One at a time, working together.
Individuals will make the difference when we realize that we must look at
ourselves and what we have become. We must seek to be the change in our
individual lives that we want to see in our country.

Simple acts can change what we now face. It takes many tugboats to turn a
giant ship around, but to do so the tugboats must work together: the operative
word being “WORK.” Each one of us is a tugboat. But the ship isn’t turning
because still too few are working, and many are working against each other.

As we speak out against the corruption and disregard our administration shows
for the laws defined by our constitution, we must remember to uphold those same
laws in our actions. Disrespecting private property, defacing public property,
and not allowing others the right to express their views when they differ from
ours, simply to make a statement against the actions of our government, does
little to restore the foundation of laws that is our constitution. Closing down
recruiting offices because we don’t like war does little to give others the
freedom to choose. Setting up counter recruiting stations beside the recruiting
offices to educate people to their choices gives them the knowledge to make the
right choice for them, and upholds the constitution we are fighting so hard to
defend.

Demanding a higher standard from our government by demonstrating a higher
standard in our actions makes for a far stronger, more believable statement with
respect to the changes we are trying to encourage.

We must work for a common goal, but we must realize that until we all work
with the same standard, the same direction and as common team members, change
will not happen.

Working against a system that is corrupt is overwhelming; a formidable task
destined to fail when we believe that we must fight that system at its level.
With every failed attempt more people desert the cause, run to another country,
change their name, stop trying and turn the TV louder.

We do not have to change the system. We only have to change ourselves. As the
people become the change, the system will become what the people have chosen. We
must raise our standards, and know that because we maintain respect for
ourselves we can expect the same from others.

We should demand that the work we ask of others be the highest standard
possible. We can only do this with a clear conscience if we know that we are
giving the highest standard possible in the work that we do.

We should expect that our children be taught well in the schools our taxes
pay for. But we can only demand that if we know that, as parents, we have not
forsaken our children in our own responsibilities to them.

We should ask that our community programs provide the kind of quality that we
expect of the tax dollars we put into them. But we can only demand that if we
are willing to participate in the programs, actively contributing to ensure that
the standards are maintained.

We should expect that our government act with high moral standards and
accountability to those it serves. But we can only do that if we give
attentiveness to the process with the same moral standards and ethical
principles that we demand of the government.

We can make America what it is now only professed to be. We can bring moral
values and ethical principles back to our government. We can raise a new
generation of Americans who will not want to leave when the going gets a little
tough.

How can we do that? -- By living our individual lives with the same standards
of moral values and ethical principles that we demand of our country as a whole.
By holding our government accountable for their actions, and by not running from
our responsibilities as Americans, living in America, we can restore what is now
in disarray.

How do we change a country? The answer is simple. We start by changing
ourselves.

Monica Benderman is the wife of Sgt. Kevin Benderman, a Conscientious
Objector wrongfully imprisoned at the Ft. Lewis RCF in Washington, for taking a
principled stand to defend our constitution and the rights it gives all American
citizens. Please visit
www.BendermanTimeline.com and
www.BendermanDefense.org to learn more.